Top Level : Harvesting : Mussels : Pearls

Cultured Pearls from oysters seeded with fresh water mussel shell.
Jake Wolf Fish Hatchery exhibit.
Gift of Japan Pearl Exporters Association.

Photograph by Gary Andrashko, Illinois State Museum.

<b>Cultured Pearls</b> from oysters seeded with fresh water mussel shell. <br>Jake Wolf Fish Hatchery exhibit. <br>Gift of Japan Pearl Exporters Association.